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Me, Tiem and an ROK Soldier  
   

Me, Tiem and an ROK Soldier

At the DMZ. This time we are behind the line and thus in North Korea!
Chuseok Week

October 6th 2006
Chuseok is the Korean Thanksgiving, a kind of Harvest Day, where the moon if full, and people give thanks. The day itself is a public holiday and there are others around it. My principle kindly relinquished my duties for the remaining two working days of the week and thus I had nine days off in a row. On the first Saturday, Tiem and I joined some other friends, and a tour group for a visit to ... read more
Asia » South Korea » Busan

Korean Flag Korea was an independent kingdom under Chinese suzerainty for most of the past millennium. Following its victory in the Russo-Japanese War in 1905, Japan occupied Korea; five years later it formally annexed the entire peninsula. After World War II, a... ... read more
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